_CROSS-EXAMINATION_
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MR. MCHANEY: And you suggested and asked him [defendant Mrugowsky] to
carry out experiments with Copenhagen vaccine in the typhus experiments
in Buchenwald, didn’t you?
DEFENDANT ROSE: I was asking whether there was still a possibility of
carrying out such a series of experiments. That is quite understandable,
considering the situation, because one can see from my report of 29 May
1943, that this seemed to constitute a considerable advance on the
experiments already made on animals. I knew that such experiments had
been carried out earlier, although I basically objected to these
experiments. This institution had been set up in Germany and was
approved by the state and covered by the state. At that moment I was in
a position which might correspond to that of a lawyer who is, perhaps, a
basic opponent of capital punishment. On occasions when he is dealing
with leading members of the government or with lawyers during public
congresses or meetings, he will do everything in his power to maintain
his opinion on the subject and have it put into effect. If, however, he
does not succeed, he stays in his profession and in his environment in
spite of this. Under certain circumstances he may perhaps even be forced
to pronounce such a death sentence himself, although he is basically an
opponent of the principle. Of course, it does not go as far as this in
my case. I am only in touch with people of whom I assume that they
somehow are included in the official channels of such an institution,
which I disapprove of basically, and which I want to see removed.
Q. Professor, six persons died in this experiment with the Copenhagen
vaccine, didn’t they?
A. Yes. They were six people who were furnished by the Reich Criminal
Police Office through ordinary channels as determined by competent
agencies.
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[149] Closing statement is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 14 July
1947, pp. 10718-10796.
[150] Defendant before International Military Tribunal. See Trial of the
Major War Criminals, Vols. I-XLII, Nuremberg, 1947.
[151] Final plea is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 18 July 1947,
pp. 11220-11244.
[152] Defendant in case of United States _vs._ Ernst von Weizsaecker, et
al. See Vols. XII, XIII, XIV.
[153] United States _vs._ Josef Altstoetter, et al. See Vol. III.
[154] Final plea is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 16 July 1947,
pp. 10922-10941.
[155] Trial of the Major War Criminals, vol. XVII, pp. 458-494,
Nuremberg, 1948.
[156] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7 Feb. 1947, pp. 2301-2661.
[157] Complete testimony is recorded in mimeographed transcript, 18, 21,
22, 23, 24, 25 Apr. 1947, pp. 6081-6484.